We're born unfinished, in need of everything-love, food, attention, care. The linked stories in Guardians & Saints explore the ways in which modern orphans fail to thrive. A girl loses her mother only to re-find her, in altered form, in a grim institutional afterlife. A group of friends spins helplessly around the death of a beloved teacher when his selfless pedagogy is called into question. Faced with the incapacity of those they depend on, Diane Josefowicz's characters appeal, with varying degrees of success, to stand-ins: teachers, mentors, therapists, guardians, and, occasionally, saints.
- | Author: Diane Josefowicz
- | Publisher: Cornerstone Press
- | Publication Date: Oct 14, 2025
- | Number of Pages: 202 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 1968148094
- | ISBN-13: 9781968148096
- Author:
- Diane Josefowicz
- Publisher:
- Cornerstone Press
- Publication Date:
- Oct 14, 2025
- Number of pages:
- 202 pages
- Binding:
- Paperback or Softback
- ISBN-10:
- 1968148094
- ISBN-13:
- 9781968148096